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Israel Goldman Japanese Prints and Paintings Israel Goldman Japanese Prints and Paintings Recent Acquisitions Catalogue 19 2013 Israel Goldman Japanese Prints and Paintings Recent Acquisitions Catalogue 19 2013 1 Torii Kiyomasu (active circa 1697-1720) Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi Fixing a Comb in Her Hair. From the play Nanakusa Fukuju Soga. 1718. Hosoban. 32 x 15.4 cm. Von Seidlitz, 1911, pl. X (this impression), V & I, no. 95 (this impression). Provenance: Henri Vever, Part III, Sotheby’s, London, 1977, lot 7 (£2,500). Very good impression and colour. Slight, restored wormage and small flaws. Very good condition. Jack Hillier concludes in the Vever sale catalogue (op. cit.), that this is a late work by Kiyomasu I, rather than an early work by Kiyomasu II. What appears to be a pirated, unsigned version of this design is illustrated in Ledoux, Primitives, no. 29. 2 Attributed to Isoda Koryusai (active circa 1764-1788) A Couple Making Love While Another Woman Sleeps Behind a Screen. Circa 1770. Chuban. 20 x 26.4 cm. Fine impression. Very good colour. Fine condition. The mark on the noren reads matsu (pine tree). A painting of a pine is also depicted inside the room. 3 Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) A Woman Playing With a Pet Monkey. Late 1760’s. Chuban. 27.1 x 20.6 cm. Harunobu zenshu 292. Fine impression with extensive embossing around the outline of the figure. Very good colour. Fine condition. This is one of the rarest of the many designs by the artist of a woman playing with a pet monkey. The only other example we have been able to locate is the trimmed impression in Harunobu zenshu. 4 Isoda Koryusai (active circa 1764-1788) Two designs of lovers from the complete set of twelve. From the series Juni kyoku iro gassen (Twelve Poems of Love Battles). Circa 1770. Koban. 14.2 x 15.3 cm. Hockley, Appendix 5, no. 17. Fine impressions. Fine, fresh, unfaded colour. Fine condition. 5 Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) A Middle-aged Woman Making Love Beneath a Mosquito Net. Toshima. From the series Imayo juni kagami (Twelve Mirrors of the Modern World). Mid-1780’s. Chuban. 19.2 x 26.5 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. 6 Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) A Manservant Carrying a Lantern Towards a Group of Women at a Tea-house. Circa 1790. Oban. 19.2 x 26.5 cm. Provenance: Unidentified collector’s mark on verso. Fine impression and colour. Expertly restored wormage at top. Very good condition. This is an oban version of a long surimono in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Hirano 939) with different patterns on the kimonos and a change to the mark on the curtain. According to Hirano (page 431) this design was exhibited at Kiyonaga’s one hundred and twentieth memorial exhibition. The colour scheme of this version appears similar to the early printings of Utamaro’s Shell Book. 7 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792) Ichikawa Danjuro V Holding a Lantern. 1770’s. Hosoban. 32.5 x 14.8 cm. Fine impression and colour. A few expertly restored wormholes, otherwise fine condition 8 Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829) Kasugano of the Ogiya Attended by Kocho and Wakaba. Circa 1793. Aiban. 31.6 x 22.4 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. What appears to be another print from this untitled series is illustrated in Brandt, 169, no. 133. 9 Katsukawa Shuncho (active late 1770’s-1790’s) Lovers. Late 1780’s. Aiban. 22.4 x 32.3 cm. Fine impression. Very fine, fresh, unfaded colour. Centrefold. Very good condition. 10 Katsukawa Shuncho (active late 1770’s-1790’s) Lovers. Late 1780’s. Aiban. 22.4 x 32.3 cm. Fine impression and colour. Centrefold. Very good condition. 11 Katsukawa Shunei (1762-1819) Sawamura Sojuro III, Segawa Kikunojo III, and Kataoka Nizaemon VII. Circa 1795. Hosoban triptych. 32.8 x 44.6 cm. AIC/III/704 (right sheet), TNM/I/1207 (middle sheet). Fine impression. Brilliant, fresh, unfaded colour. Fine condition. Unfaded hosoban actor triptychs are extremely rare on the market. 12 Katsukawa Shunei (1762-1819) Nakamura Nakozo II as Ono Sadakuro. 1795. Act V (the Yamazaki Highway from the play Kandehon Chushingura. Oban. 38.1 x 25.6 cm. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. From an outstanding series of grey ground actor prints. 13 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) A Woman Seated with a Fan. Kameido no Fuji (Wisteria at Kameido). From the series Edo hana meisho jukkei, jumai tsuzuki no uchi (Ten Views of Famous Floral Places in Edo, From a Set of Ten). Circa 1805. Oban. 38.3 x 26.3 cm. Fine impression. Brilliant, unfaded colour. Fine condition. 14 Kitagawa Shikimaro (active circa 1810’s) Tachibana of the Tsuruya, Kamuros Ukon and Sakon (Tsuruya uchi Tachibana, Ukon, Sakon). From the series Imayo onna kasen, sanju-roku-ban tsuzuki (Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style, a Set of Thirty-six). 1813. Oban. 38.9 x 26.4 cm. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition. 15 Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) Oson gafu (The Picture Album of Oson). 1817. Illustrated book. One volume complete. 27.9 x 18.7 cm (covers). Mitchell pages 443-4, Ryerson pages 362-3, Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, Vol. II, plates 120-21, figs. 427-9. Fine, early impressions of the first edition with woodgrain, metallic printing and the silver wave pattern on the covers. Fine colour. Very good condition. This is the finest copy we recall having seen of one of the most beautiful of all Rimpa books. 16 Keisai Masayoshi (1764-1824) Soka ryakugashiki (Plants and Flowers in the Abbreviated Style). 1813. Illustrated book. One volume complete. 27.2 x 18.1 cm (covers). Mitchell pages 497-8, Ryerson 214, Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, Vol. I, Plate 81, Fig. 319. Fine impressions of the first edition with the five hand-stamped seals of the publishers in the colophon. Fine colour. Very good condition. As Hillier writes, “Because of the technique of the block-cutters who not only omitted outlines, but employed surface gradations, the rare beauty of this work can only be experienced from careful, early impressions” (op. cit., page 481). 17 Katsushika Hokumei (active circa 1804-1830) Hokumei gafu (Hokumei’s Picture Album). 1830. Illustrated book. One volume complete. 22.6 x 15 cm (covers). Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, Vol. II, fig. 519, Ryerson 399, Hokusai and His School, no. 106. Provenance: Samuel Tuke. Fine impressions. Fine colour. Very good condition. This is the second edition of two, lacking the splashed gofun on several plates. Any copy of this book is extremely rare. 18 Mori Sosen (1747-1821) Two Deer, a Stag and a Hind, Under Maple. Hanging Scroll. Ink and colour on silk. 46 x 66.2 cm. Signed: Sosen. Sealed: Shu, Sho (for his given name Shusho). 19 Mori Ippo (1798-1871) A Rabbit in Tall Grass. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. 110.5 x 29.3 cm. Signed: Ippo. Sealed: Kei, Shi (for his given name Keishi). 20 Onishi Chinnen (1792-1851) Resting Ox. An album drawing mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink and slight colour on paper. 21.8 x 33.5 cm. Signed: Chinnen. Sealed: Unka. Similar to the well known drawing formerly in the Chaikin collection and a fine example of Shijo School brushwork (see The Uninhibited Brush, no. 248). 21 Onishi Chinnen (1792-1851) Sleeping Cat. Hanging scroll. 63.2 x 28.6 cm. Ink and slight colour on paper. Signed: Chinnen. Sealed: Taiju. 22 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Hodogaya on the Tokaido Road (Tokaido hodogaya). From the series Fuji sanjurokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji). Early 1830’s. Oban. 38.7 x 26 cm. UTK/13/36, V & I, Vol. V, no. 259 (this impression). Provenance: Tadamasa Hayashi, Vte de Sartiges. Fine impression, colour and condition. This is the earliest version of this print with the lime green colouring. 23 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) Mt. Fuji Above Clouds. From an untitled series of the Three Lucky Dreams. Mid-1820’s. Square surimono. 20.4 x 18.1 cm. Vever/III/763. Provenance: Paul F. Walter, Christies, New York, 1992, lot 23 ($6,050). Fine impression with extensive metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. 24 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) A Couple at the Entrance Gate of Enoshima. 1820’s. Square surimono. 21 x 18.4 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing and embossing. Fine colour. Very good condition. Mt. Fuji is printed in gauffrage in the top right corner. Previously, known only from Meiji copies (see Keyes, Chester Beatty, Vol. II, page 516, no. 67). 25 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Komachi Praying for Rain. Circa 1840. Vertical oban diptych. 73.5 x 24.1 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. 26 Yashima Gakutei (1786?-1868) Genzanmi Yorimasa. From the series Buke rokkasen (Warriors as the Six Famous Poets). Circa 1827. Square surimono. 21.1 x 18.8 cm. Provenance: Tadamasa Hayashi. Fine impression with extensive metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. 27 Yashima Gakutei (1786?-1868) A Court Lady at Her Desk, About to Write a Poem on a Tanzaku. 1820’s. Square surimono. 21 x 18.1 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. 28 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) Ono no Tofu. From the series Shoshikai bantsuzuki (A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry). Circa 1820. Square surimono. 21.5 x 18.4 cm. Amsterdam/III/140, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono, Fig. 1, no. 101 (the print is also extensively discussed by John Carpenter on pages 51-52). Fine impression with metallic printing.
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